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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike do to make up for his anger toward his family in Chapter 22?

2. What does Mrs. Marlin claim about Katherine's newborn baby?

3. What frustrates Katherine after her children die?

4. In Chapter 25, what instrument does Mike play in order to deal with his grief?

5. In what year does the epidemic hit the village in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Oh-Be-Joyful say has caused difficulties in her relationship with Jonathan?

2. What plan does Katherine come up with to leave Canada and return to Boston?

3. What do Georges and Connie play while on the sled in Chapter 28?

4. What does Katherine develop a fascination for in Chapter 23 and how?

5. What does Constance Beauclaire tell Katherine about her journey to North America from France?

6. How does Constance's daughter Madeleine die?

7. Why is Anne forbidden from marrying Jonathan by the Mother Superior at the Mission? According to the Mother Superior, what is a "klooch"?

8. What memory does Katherine recall after Timmy Beauclaire's death?

9. In Chapter 17, what does Katherine see when she looks at her reflection in a mirror?

10. In Chapter 26, what does Katherine's mother think of the life she has been living in Canada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the historical context of the novel "Mrs. Mike." What major events were taking place during the time period in which this novel is set? How do these real events affect the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Katherine. What are her defining character traits? What is most important to her and why? What important events take place during her life? How does she grow as a character as the novel progresses?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mrs. Mike." Describe the families of Katherine, Constance, and others. Is family important to Katherine? What does Constance mean when she talks about having more than one family?

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